When the Shoe Fits - Oshorajneesh.com

CHAPTER 1. WHEN THE SHOE FITS
Your whole life is a trembling because you have been carrying so many concerns; and then you
cannot draw a perfect circle.
And your writing....
There is a science about reading your writing and through it, your mind. There is a definite basis
to it because when you write, your trembling enters it. And when you sign your name you are the
most concerned. Then your trembling is there, and with a magnifying glass that trembling can be
observed, can be detected. That trembling can show much about you because whatsoever you are
doing, YOU are doing it. It will carry YOU, it will carry indications about YOU. Just by seeing your
handwriting much can be known about your personality.
If a Buddha signs, it is going to be absolutely different. There will be no trembling because there is
no concern. And even through the signature it can be said whether it belongs to a Buddha or not.
Whatsoever you do, your trembling follows you like a shadow. Who is creating this trembling?
You come to me and you say: I am not at peace; my mind is not silent. How can it be unless you
drop your concern? You want your mind to be stilled, you want your mind to be made silent, clear,
transparent. Without dropping the concern it is impossible because there will still be a trembling.
The only thing that can be done without changing your concern is to suppress all the trembling
inside. So if you watch you will feel that on the surface everything is placid, calm, but deep down
you are trembling, continuously trembling. Deep down fear and trembling continue. They are born
out of concern.
And what is the concern? It is about how others are impressed by you. But why are you so worried
about others? So worried that you cannot live at all? Everybody is wondering what others are
thinking about them, and the same is the case with others. They are worried about you, and you are
worried about them.
Once it happened that Mulla Nasrudin was walking on a path. It was a lonely path, the sun had
set, and darkness was descending. Suddenly he felt afraid because a few people were coming, in a
band, and he thought: These must be dacoits, robbers, and there is nobody else here, only myself.
So he jumped over a wall that was just nearby and found himself in a graveyard. A newly dug grave
was there so he climbed into it, somehow calmed himself, closed his eyes, and waited for the people
to pass so he could go home. But the people had also seen that somebody was there. Mulla had
jumped suddenly, so they also became afraid. What was the matter? Was somebody hiding there,
or doing something mischievous? So they all jumped over the wall. Now, Mulla was certain: I was
right, I inferred right, they are dangerous people. Now nothing more can be done; I must pretend
that I am dead. So he pretended. He stopped his breathing because you cannot rob or kill a dead
man. But the people had seen the man jump so they became very worried. What was he doing
They gathered around, looked in the grave, and they said: What is the idea? What are you doing?
Why are you here? Mulla opened his eyes, looked at them, then became certain that there was no
danger. He laughed, and said: Now, here is a problem, a very philosophical problem. You ask me
why I am here, and I would like to ask why you are here. I am here because of you, and you are
here because of me!
When the Shoe Fits 10 Osho